The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-10
HOME AND FARM.

-Ventilate the cellar by opening tn,
windows only at night and early morn
ing in sunme and during the middl,
Of the day in winter.-M b. Farmer.
1t is wise. if you are going TO pu
English currants into cake, TO dry then
on a cloth by the fire after washing
them, as sometimes the cold water will
cause the cake to fall.-Albany Journal
Graham mush is Il good substitute
for q rich pudding on some occasions
Make Just as you do corn-meal mnsh
but add q few berries or raisins or En-
glish currents. Serve with milk and
sugar. Boston Globe.
Meat that is to be hashed or used
on a second day in any way would
always be much betteri if the slices were
cut from the Joint or large piece as soon
as it leaves the table and soaked in the
gravy of the dish until the next day.
The Caterer.
DIR. D. N. Patterson writes to the
New England Farmer that on no &C.
count should q cloth or bandage on a
boil, carbuncle, sore, ulcer, cancer or
any ray Or healing surface be used a
second time. The n thing to do is to
burn the cloths.
The statement that Indian corn de.
rives its nitrogen from the atmosphere
Is probably not correct. But the clean
cultivation given to corn and the thor.
oughly friable and disintegrated C ndi-
ton of the soil induce the formation Of
nitrogen within its pores-a fact worthy
of attention in view of the costly nature
of this important soil constituents
Country Gentleman.
Chicken a Ia cream: Cut the ,hick-
en- up and stew until well done; then
make a thickening of cream or rich
milk and sifted flour, seasoning with
butter, pepper and salt. Have ready
baked a pair Of short-cakes made as for
piecrust, but rolled thin and cut in
squares. Lay the crusts on q dish, and
pour yer them tine chicken and gravy
while all are hot. Many prefer light
soda biscuit instead of p%iecrust, but both
are nice.-The Household.
Washing woolens: To wash WOODEN
goods so that they will not shrink. put
three of four pals of cold. soft water in
the washtub; then take two Tablespoons
fuls of borax and one-half pint OF soft
dissolve in about one quart of hot
water; when thoroughly dissolved stir
into the tub Of water. Put in goods
md let stand IN hour before washing.
Rinse in cold rain-water. Bright col
DIS should stand but a short time. Dos.
on Bulletin.
For external scalds and burns there
8 nothing so cooling and curative as
IN ointment Of oxide of zinc, but
IS every one does not have this
n the house it is as well
% plunge the injured part in cold water
IS to do anything else, whenever the
is practicable, AMI when it is
to keep the cloths upon it wrung
nut of ice water. This excludes the
IL, at any rate, and allays the pain,
flowing the strength to rally, while it
J within the reach of everybody. -E.s-
Good Housekeeping gives this rule
making coffee: slave coffee finely
round, but grind only the quantity
wish to use; n part Mocha to
OF Java is a good mixture. Add,
each cup of coffee, one tablespoon
coffee and one cup of cold water;
tir we'll together. place upon the fire
nd let coffee come to q boil, then fill
P with boiling water, pour out a cup
coffee, then pour back into the coffee
OF. Serve with good cream and sugar.
his coffee will be clear, fragrant and
njoyable. The use of cold water in
taking coffee is not fully understood, F..
Its superiority will be at once &C.
nowledged."